Chainguard

Staff Vulnerability Management Engineer

Chainguard
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2 months ago
Remote, CanadaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own measurement, disclosure, and reporting for a pipeline of thousands of novel vulnerabilities identified weekly.
  • Calibrate vulnerability response processes based on emerging trends.
  • Report newly discovered vulnerabilities to upstream projects and maintainers.
  • Run the CNA program and assign new CVEs when necessary.
  • Coordinate internal and external embargoes with customers, engineering teams, and external maintainers.
  • Coordinate actions and responses with the Linux Foundation, CISA, and other industry bodies.
  • Guide industry direction so emerging standards and norms meet customer needs.
  • Represent Chainguard externally in its vulnerability management efforts.
  • Work with AI model vendors to guide the evolution of the software supply chain.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in software security, open source maintenance, or vulnerability disclosure management.
  • Strong understanding of responsible disclosure.
  • Practical expertise automating pipelines and processes at large scale to reduce human involvement.
  • Deep experience with open source communities.
  • Experience coordinating with public-sector organizations, industry standards bodies, and working groups.
  • Preferred thought leadership in vulnerability disclosure management and embargoes.
  • Familiarity with Chainguard Images or other minimal and hardened container base image ecosystems.
  • Experience operating a CNA.
  • Software engineering background in Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, or similar languages.
  • Background in security research, penetration testing, or bug bounty programs.

Benefits

  • Flexible remote-first work with team meetups, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly coworking, phone, and internet stipend.
  • Stock options upon hire and promotion, secondary offering participation, and a 10-year exercise window.
  • 100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for the employee and dependents.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
Chainguard

About Chainguard

501-1,000 employees

Chainguard provides secure, hardened container images and production-ready builds of open source software for enterprises and developers, typically sold via subscriptions and support. Its offerings include Chainguard Images and tools for software supply chain security; the company also maintains Wolfi, a container-focused Linux distribution. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Kirkland, WA, Chainguard’s customers include organizations such as OpenAI, Snowflake, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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